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Well in 2004 it took one hour for Little Johnny's Captains call
It took John Howard ( the then coalition Prime Minister) one hour to announce and introduce legislation that the government would change the marriage act to exclusively a man/woman contract
PM targets gays in marriage law
May 27, 2004 - 2:04PM
Gay couples will be banned from marrying or adopting children from overseas but will be allowed to inherit their partner's superannuation under proposed changes to marriage laws announced today.
Less than an hour after Prime Minister John Howard announced the changes to the Marriage Act, the government rushed legislation enabling the changes into parliament.
Mr Howard said the Marriage Act would be changed to include a definition of marriage as the `voluntarily entered-into union of a man and a woman to exclusion of all others'.
The laws currently do not define marriage.
``We've decided to insert this into the Marriage Act to make it very plain that that is our view of a marriage and to also make it very plain that the definition of a marriage is something that should rest in the hands ultimately of the parliament of the nation,'' Mr Howard told reporters.
''(It should) not over time be subject to redefinition or change by courts, it is something that ought to be expressed through the elected representatives of the country.''
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the changes to the Marriage Act would protect the institution of marriage, while the Family Law Act changes would make it clear that overseas adoptions by same-sex couples would not be recognised in Australia.
``The government is fundamentally opposed to same-sex couples adopting children,'' Mr Ruddock said in a statement.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/divisive-marriage-equality-plebiscite-to-cost-...
Price Waterhouse Cooper
It found the plebiscite itself would cost $158 million to stage, not counting the extra $66 million in public funding likely to be committed to promote both the "yes" and "no" arguments.
The modelling suggests there would be another $281 million surrendered from the national economy from lost production as people take the time to vote.
That is, around $525 million all up.
That's the conclusion of modelling undertaken by one of the world's most respected business accountancy consulting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-29/malcolm-turnbull-pushes-labor-to-support-budget-savings/779639...
The Federal Government is ratcheting up pressure on Labor to quickly pass a package of $6.1 billion of savings over four years, publicly releasing all details of its omnibus bill.
Key points:
The bill, which is set to be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday by Treasurer Scott Morrison, includes 24 savings measures which are "part of a concerted strategy to demonstrate immediate and tangible progress towards fiscal repair"
A conscience vote in Parliament on same sex marriage would take an hour to announce and introduce into Parliament (using John Howards timeline) and would save us minimally $150 million and overall up to 500 million.
Is Malcolm Turnbull really Australia's "Captain" or just another cowtowing conservative puppet ?
hypocrisy hɪˈpɒkrɪsi/ noun: hypocrisy; plural noun: hypocrisies
The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
synonyms: sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, pietism, piousness, affected piety, affected superiority, false virtue, cant, humbug, pretence, posturing, speciousness, empty talk.
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